Remember when the hype machine was in full-effect for Ronda Rousey’s UFC debut opposite Liz Carmouche, and we were inundated with Countdown shows that featured her sobbing about the death of her dad? Well, to Sara McMann, that would’ve been small potatoes at the buffet of sadness known as life. Since McMann has thus far shied away from the spotlight, and since she will be taking on Rousey for the belt at UFC 171 so screw hiding from that spotlight now, Marc Raimondi of FOX Sports did some digging. What did he find? McMann’s life has sucked. HARD.Continue after the Jump ››

Anderson Silva broke his leg in the cage in horrifying fashion at UFC 168, and as Chris Weidman’s hand was raised in victory and the middleweight championship belt placed around waist, the Brazilian was left screaming as the doctors set his fractured tibia and fibula and strapped him to a gurney for a hasty Octagon exit. Sadly, while initial reports indicated that Silva had only broken the bones of his shin, it’s become clear the legendary fighter also suffered some sort of serious brain injury.

First Gilbert Melendez bailed on him, and undefeated lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov was left dangling in the wind. Now it seems the list of fighters who want no part of the Russian is growing. According to Dana White’s Twitter, Nate Diaz was offered the opportunity to scrap with Nurmagomedov – but the TUF winner and Stockton badboy turned the match-up down.Continue after the Jump ››

It’s been less than two weeks since Anderson Silva suffered a horrifying leg break in the Octagon at UFC 168, but the progress of the former champ in his recovery is astounding. Thus far, we’ve seen him grinning with his family around him, and we’ve seen him undergoing some physical therapy. And then there’s the latest pic, posted to manager Jorge Guimaraes’ Instagram and featuring the Brazilian upright and smiling with Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White beside him. If Silva’s recovery continues at this dramatic pace, he may be back in the Octagon by the end of the month!

Some women live and die by the coating of makeup they fastidiously apply to themselves in their efforts to make themselves into what they think embodies the word “beautiful”. This is, sadly, as true of those who probably need as it is those who are just naturally gifted with good looks. On her Instagram account, UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer – who gets paid to strut around the Octagon holding a sign aloft while smiling and looking pretty – posted a pic of herself without makeup. And believe it or not, she looks nothing like the Medusa of Greek mythology, so gazing upon it won’t turn you to stone!Continue after the Jump ››